Patents by Inventor Robert Jordan

Robert Jordan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12149080
    Abstract: An energy management system and methods of using the same are disclosed. The energy management system is configured to distribute power plant tasks. Energy management system tasks are received at the energy management system. At least a portion of the received tasks are passed over a network from the energy management system to a power plant lead controller in a cluster of nodes, the cluster of nodes comprising electronic devices configured to control power plant equipment, the cluster of nodes comprising the power plant lead controller and a plurality of power plant follower controllers, the cluster of nodes configured to provide a plurality of combinations of redundancy to control power plant equipment. The power plant lead controller delegates, in real time, tasks to the plurality of power plant follower controllers. At least one of the cluster of nodes is configurable to be in hot standby mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Energy Vault, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaheen Fakhar, Christian Chia Wang, Robert Jordan Toth
  • Patent number: 12142916
    Abstract: An energy management system and methods of using the same are disclosed. The energy management system is configured to deploy a first instantiation of a first hardware driver at a first electronic control device collocated with a first power plant apparatus, wherein the first hardware driver is configured to communicate with and enable control of the first power plant apparatus. The energy management system is configured to detect that the first instantiation of the first hardware driver at the first electronic control device has failed, and at least partly in response to detecting that the first instantiation of the first hardware driver at the first electronic control device has failed, utilize a second instantiation of the first hardware driver, stored in memory remote from the first electronic control device, to enable control of the first power plant apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Energy Vault, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaheen Fakhar, Robert Jordan Toth
  • Patent number: 12133134
    Abstract: An attraction system has a plurality of show effects, a handheld or wearable device, and a control system. The control system is configured to perform operations that include monitoring a parameter of the handheld or wearable device, determining that the parameter is indicative of an undesirable utilization of the attraction system, and controlling the handheld or wearable device, at least one show effect of the plurality of show effects, or both. The control system is also configured to provide guidance to change the parameter in response to the determination that the parameter is indicative of the undesirable utilization of the attraction system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Victor Alexander Lugo, Daniel Matthew Freedman, Asli Soyler Akbas, James Anderson, Jared Cryder, Robert Jordan
  • Publication number: 20240335502
    Abstract: Use of a subcutaneously administered dose of between about 1.25 mg and 1.75 mg of bremelanotide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of bremelanotide for the treatment of female sexual dysfunction in women while reducing or minimizing undesirable side effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Carl Spana, Robert Jordan, Jeffrey D. Edelson
  • Patent number: 12084477
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel protein pores and their uses in analyte detection and characterisation. The invention particularly relates to an isolated pore complex formed by a CsgG-like pore and a modified CsgF peptide, or a homologue or mutant thereof, thereby incorporating an additional channel constriction or reader head in the nanopore. The invention further relates to a transmembrane pore complex and methods for production of the pore complex and for use in molecular sensing and nucleic acid sequencing applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: VIB VZW, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
    Inventors: Han Remaut, Sander Egbert Van Der Verren, Nani Van Gerven, Lakmal Nishantha Jayasinghe, Elizabeth Jayne Wallace, Pratik Raj Singh, Richard George Hambley, Michael Robert Jordan, John Joseph Kilgour
  • Publication number: 20240265895
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides improved octave key systems for use with (e.g., incorporation into) an instrument in the bassoon family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventor: Robert Jordan
  • Publication number: 20240262802
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an associative polymer, a powder, a process for forming a paper sheet, and a process for making a powder. One or more associative polymers and one or more optional surfactants may be networked to form a wet gel and a powder may be formed from the wet gel. The associative polymer may have a weight average molecular weight of from about 10 kDa to about 2,000 kDa. A method may involve adding the powder to a cellulose fiber slurry, draining the cellulose fiber slurry to form a fiber pad, and drying the fiber pad to form a paper sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Heqing HUANG, David JORDAN, Robert M. LOWE, Jeffrey CRAMM, Weiguo CHENG, Mingli WEI
  • Publication number: 20240254449
    Abstract: Organs-on-chips are microfluidic devices for culturing living cells in micrometer sized chambers in order to model physiological functions of tissues and organs. Engineered patterning and continuous fluid flow in these devices has allowed culturing of intestinal cells bearing physiologically relevant features and sustained exposure to bacteria while maintaining cellular viability, thereby allowing study of inflammatory bowl diseases. However, existing intestinal cells do not possess all physiologically relevant subtypes, do not possess the repertoire of genetic variations, or allow for study of other important cellular actors such as immune cells. Use of iPSC-derived epithelium, including IBD patient-specific cells, allows for superior disease modeling by capturing the multi-faceted nature of the disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: S. Jordan Kerns, Norman Wen, Carol Lucchesi, Christopher David Hinojosa, Jacob Fraser, Jefferson Puerta, Geraldine Hamilton, Robert Barrett, Clive Svendsen, Daniel Levner, Stephen R. Targan, Michael Workman, Dhruv Sareen, Uthra Rajamani, Magdalena Kasendra
  • Publication number: 20240246845
    Abstract: Compositions with supramolecular structures for use in anti-scaling methods include a scale inhibitor; a supramolecular host chemical or a supramolecular guest chemical configured to engage in host-guest chemistry with the scale inhibitor; and a solvent. Methods of inhibiting scale formation on a surface or reducing the amount of scale inhibitor composition within a system include adding an anti-scale inhibiting amount of the composition to the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jason L. HURST, Patrick Jordan LARSON, Donna Jean SHOTWELL, Robert GEIGER
  • Publication number: 20240246823
    Abstract: A process and article for carbon sequestration including inducing a negative buoyancy in a carbon source with a non-buoyant material and submerging the carbon source into an aqueous anoxic environment. The negative buoyancy may be induced by bundling or baling the carbon source or by mixing it with a slurry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Carboniferous Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Alden Morris, David Taylor Jackson, Andrew Jordan Felker
  • Patent number: 11996069
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides vent nibs for use with (e.g., incorporation into) a woodwind instrument, such as a bassoon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventor: Robert Jordan
  • Publication number: 20230389535
    Abstract: A control system may include a processor, a power source, optionally an antenna, optionally a communication device, optionally one or more cameras, one or more motion sensors, and optionally one or more electromechanical latches. The one or more motion sensors are configured to create signals indicative of one or both of: a presence of a target animal, or a direction of travel of an animal, wherein the processor is configured to process the signals indicative of one or both of: a presence of the target animal, or the direction of travel of an animal, and wherein the system is configured to output an actuation signal to actuate closure of one or more containments of a remote trap structure based on one or both of: the determined presence of the animal, or the determined direction of travel of the animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventor: Robert A. Jordan
  • Publication number: 20230335085
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides vent nibs for use with (e.g., incorporation into) a woodwind instrument, such as a bassoon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventor: Robert Jordan
  • Patent number: 11758897
    Abstract: A trap for large animals. The system utilizes multi-containment areas for improved efficiency in herd animal trapping. The outer containment zone of the system is designed in such a way to promote animals further into the inner containment zone. The improved efficiency lowers overall cost of trap operation in terms of time, consumable bait replenishment and number of attempts on target animal groups. The system allows for independent and remote actuation of containment zone gates. Data is transmitted to a remote user and remote actuation of attracting or deterring audio can be done during trapping process. The architecture of the trap dissuades animals capable of jumping from doing so over the containment walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SJB OPERATING LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Jordan
  • Patent number: 11735148
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides improved octave key systems for use with (e.g., incorporation into) an instrument in the bassoon family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: Robert Jordan
  • Publication number: 20230248815
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to chimeric viral fusion proteins comprising the ectodomain and optionally the transmembrane domain of a first viral fusion protein (e.g., a spike protein of a coronavirus) and the cytoplasmic domain of a second viral fusion protein (e.g. RSV), immunogenic compositions comprising such chimeric proteins, and methods of use of same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Martin Moore, Robert Jordan, Mariana Tioni
  • Publication number: 20230221521
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to mount apparatuses for digital micromirror devices of digital lithography systems and methods of mounting the digital micromirror devices. The mount apparatuses described herein retain spatial light modulators, such as DMDs. The mount apparatus enables the flattening of the DMD by providing a force such that the pair of contact pads contact the DMD. The DMD is positioned in a mounting frame of the mount apparatus. Contact pads of the mounting frame are operable to apply pressure to the DMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy N. THOMAS, Robert Jordan LEAR, Douglas E. HOLMGREN, Assaf KIDRON, Nigel SWEHLA
  • Publication number: 20230207332
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages. In an embodiment, an electronic package comprises a substrate with a first surface and a second surface, where the substrate comprises glass. In an embodiment, the electronic package further comprises a via opening through the substrate, where sidewalls of the via opening have a root mean squared (RMS) surface roughness that is approximately 100nm or greater. In an embodiment, the electronic package further comprises a liner over the sidewalls of the via opening, where an RMS surface roughness of the liner is approximately 50nm or smaller. An electronic package may further comprise a via through the via opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Veronica STRONG, Robert JORDAN, Telesphor KAMGAING
  • Publication number: 20230182031
    Abstract: A content processing system for an amusement park attraction includes a processor configured to receive a data stream including one or more control instructions for output of amusement content. The processor is also configured to identify one or more operational characteristics of an accessory. The processor is also configured to, based on the one or more operational characteristics, effectuate modification of the data stream to generate a modified data stream including one or more updated control instructions for output of adjusted amusement content to be presented to a user via the accessory. The processor is also configured to transmit the modified data stream to the accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Patrick John Goergen, Robert Jordan
  • Patent number: 11629449
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a power source, a drum, and a transmission. The transmission is configured to deliver power from the power source to the drum. The transmission includes a housing, a shaft, and a bushing. The housing defines a cavity. The shaft is disposed within the cavity and is configured to receive power from the power source. The bushing is disposed about the shaft. The bushing defines grooves that establish fluid communication between the cavity and a space that is defined between an inner diameter of the bushing and an outer diameter of the input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: David P. Goshgarian, Robert Jordan Rush, Santosh Winfred